The 2000 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 8 to March 11, 2000. The tournament was played at the The Spectrum

Wachovia Spectrum

The Spectrum, formerly known as the CoreStates Spectrum , First Union Spectrum , and Wachovia Spectrum was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

 in Philadelphia

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, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2000 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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. The top two teams in each division received a first-round bye in the conference tournament. Temple University

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 won the tournament. Dayton

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 and St. Bonaventure

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 also received bids to the NCAA Tournament. Quincy Wadley of Temple was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Future NBA players Mark Karcher

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 and Pepe Sánchez

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 of Temple were among those joining Wadley on the All-Championship Team.

Bracket

All games played at The Spectrum

Wachovia Spectrum

The Spectrum, formerly known as the CoreStates Spectrum , First Union Spectrum , and Wachovia Spectrum was an indoor arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
* - Overtime